The Fitting Service Post Surgery Bra Fitting and Aftercare
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Why Did We Start The Fitting Service
The Fitting Service began in a small office in 2022 with a focus on creating a safe and personalised fitting experience that was accessible and chest inclusive. To provide the best service to our customers and be clear, honest and provide the best care that we can.
Within a year, we outgrew the space and moved into a larger office. In 2025, we expanded to London, opening our Cavendish Square location, next to Harley Street, to better support patients travelling from across the UK to Harley street and overseas.
Today, The Fitting Service exists to bridge the aftercare gap — the space between surgery and recovery where too many women are left unsure of what garments or bras to purchase or other recovery services that are available to them.
We work alongside clinics and patients to ensure women have access to:
specialist post surgery bra fitting
medical grade compression garments
prosthesis and reconstruction support
clear aftercare guidance, before and after surgery
click and collect and express delivery for those needing garments quickly!
Whether supporting cosmetic surgery patients or those navigating breast cancer recovery, our role is the same: to provide informed, compassionate aftercare and help women feel secure, supported and like themselves again.
Surgery is often seen as the end of the journey.
In reality, it’s only the beginning. How you look after yourself will help optimise your healing and potentially enhance your surgical results.
I personally feel it takes our bodies a lot longer to fully heal than we realise and depending on the surgery, too often women leave consultations without clear guidance on what comes next — what to wear, how long to wear them for and how garments should fit, or where to turn for support during recovery.
It’s one of the reasons The Fitting Service exists.
My Background in Lingerie & Fitting
My journey into lingerie began during university, I studied Fashion Retail Management at the Fashion Retail Academy and London College of Fashion, specialising in lingerie in my final year. During this time, I immersed myself in the technical side of lingerie: pattern cutting, bra construction, and working as a fit model for myself. I spent a year developing my own lingerie brand concept and came close to launching it, but I also learned an important reality of the industry early on that lingerie is capital-intensive, and without the right foundations, I would not have been able to sustain the brand long term without financial backing.
Rather than rushing forward, I chose to deepen my expertise. I continued my education through specialist lingerie courses, brand psychology training, and formal post surgery and prosthesis fitting qualifications with leading brands including, the intimate apparel consultancy, Anita and Amoena.
Alongside the extra courses, I worked as Lingerie Manager at House of Fraser. During this time, we developed a relationship with a local private breast cancer clinic. It was here that I first became acutely aware of how unsupported many women felt once surgery was over.
Women had very little guidance on:
what post-surgery bras they needed
how compression garments should fit
when to transition between garments
or where to go for specialist larger cup sizes and ongoing support
Post surgery bras were often an afterthought — limited in choice, where to purchase and larger cup sized options.
From Fashion Lingerie to Purpose-Led Aftercare
During COVID, I began buying and selling redundant lingerie stock, which led to the creation of a fashion-focused brand, Anything But Vanilla. While this kept me connected to the lingerie industry, it also clarified something important — what I missed most was bra fitting
During maternity leave in 2022, I managed to rent a small office to house stock, I continued to receive requests for bra fittings. Many women simply didn’t know where else to go.
With minimal stock and a simple website, I quietly launched The Fitting Service, reaching out directly to specialist brands and building relationships from the ground up.
Why Personal Experience Matters in Aftercare
During my own pregnancy, I used MACOM compression garments and experienced first-hand the difference that well-designed, medical grade garments can make to comfort and recovery.
That experience reinforced something I’d believed for a long time:
aftercare deserves just as much thought and expertise as the procedure itself.
Fit matters. Fabric matters. Guidance matters. And being seen and listened to matters.
Because Aftercare Should Never Be an Afterthought
Surgery doesn’t end in the operating theatre — and recovery doesn’t start with guesswork.
Bridging the aftercare gap means ensuring women feel supported not just medically, but emotionally and physically too. It means recognising that what you wear after surgery plays a vital role in healing, confidence and wellbeing.
That belief sits at the heart of everything we do at The Fitting Service.
